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peter i think i have broken the law. that this diet pepsi is 20 ounces. >> that is illegal. that is practically a big gulp you have in your hands. >> bill: good thing we are in new york. we have been talking about the big lineup last night. the big stars of the evening were certainly duval patrick, julian castro, and then the first lady of the united states. carol is calling from florida. hi, carol, good morning. what did you think? >> caller: good morning, bill i agree with you about michelle obama. >> bill: oh, boy. >> caller: she was fabulous i also thought the same thing about her in 2008. she is a powerhouse. >> bill: and what was great was she was so positive you know. she looked great. she spoke great and her message was so positive and powerful and meaningful i thought and one that everybody could relate to. >> caller: absolutely bill. and that's why i briefly want to bring up having seen her last night, and the president, i guess tomorrow night. i just want to touch on last week's clown show over in tampa, and paul ryan, who i call mr. sarah palin, but also mitt rom
peter i think i have broken the law. that this diet pepsi is 20 ounces. >> that is illegal. that is practically a big gulp you have in your hands. >> bill: good thing we are in new york. we have been talking about the big lineup last night. the big stars of the evening were certainly duval patrick, julian castro, and then the first lady of the united states. carol is calling from florida. hi, carol, good morning. what did you think? >> caller: good morning, bill i agree with...
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when seem know about shari law is. it's not what the muslim brotherhood is saying as much although they are a religious party based on law. it is similar in a way -- i know people on the right are going to get upset, but it's almost like the christian right they don't want all law based on the baseball, but they want our laws to comport the bible. they are not saying let's literally go back and impose the old testament. >> john: i have people in my family who want to do that. [ laughter ] >> john: but you are right. it's interesting the people who are so against separation of church and state here are so in favor of a separation of mosque and state there, and thats goes against everything that fox has been telling us. >> they had a history of terrorism in the 60s, and i don't want the muslim brotherhood to run our policy in america, but if the people want to elect it that's the first democracy. our democracy was dark in the beginning. rich white, essentially protestants who owned land that could vote. and it took time
when seem know about shari law is. it's not what the muslim brotherhood is saying as much although they are a religious party based on law. it is similar in a way -- i know people on the right are going to get upset, but it's almost like the christian right they don't want all law based on the baseball, but they want our laws to comport the bible. they are not saying let's literally go back and impose the old testament. >> john: i have people in my family who want to do that. [ laughter ]...
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doesn't obama know -- i mean suppression laws are going on. we're out here fighting for him. >> bill: voter suppression. never mentioned that. >> caller: i.d. laws. we're fighting on the ground for him and he comes not ready to play. he should have said a b c d. where was the boxing going on? >> bill: you know, he knows his stuff. you know he knows this stuff. you know he was frustrated last night. i don't know why he didn't -- maybe he felt he couldn't engage but you know, i thought he had to. we wanted him to. >> caller: he was campaigning too much. maybe he needed three days to lay down and relax. maybe he's been doing too much. >> bill: i don't know. but they spent two days in henderson, nevada with john kerry preparing for this debate. i guess -- as i said before the break, maybe hiring john kerry as his debate coach was the first mistake. lee in los angeles. what do you say? >> caller: hi, bill press. i've been with you here in california. >> bill: we had some good days out there lee. >> caller: we did. you know what, bill? i didn't unde
doesn't obama know -- i mean suppression laws are going on. we're out here fighting for him. >> bill: voter suppression. never mentioned that. >> caller: i.d. laws. we're fighting on the ground for him and he comes not ready to play. he should have said a b c d. where was the boxing going on? >> bill: you know, he knows his stuff. you know he knows this stuff. you know he was frustrated last night. i don't know why he didn't -- maybe he felt he couldn't engage but you know, i...
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attorney general eric holder called texas law -- called the texas law a poll tax. now, perry is saying those comments are meant to incite racial tension. democrats argue voter id laws would restrict many minorities from voting. federal cot will likely block that under the texas voting rights act. turns out those voter id laws do not come free. a new study by nyu says getting identification for the polls is actually quite expensive, especially for people without transportation. in 10 states with new voter id laws, nearly half a million voters do not have access to a vehicle. more bill after the break, and we are live in chat right now. current.com/billpress. >>it's the place where democracy is supposed to be the great equalizer, where your vote is worth just as much as donald trump's. we must save the country. it starts with you. [ man ] ever year, sophia and i use the points we earn with our citi thankyou card for a relaxing vacation. ♪ ♪ sometimes, we go for a ride in the park. maybe do a little sightseeing. or, get some fresh air. but this summer, we used our
attorney general eric holder called texas law -- called the texas law a poll tax. now, perry is saying those comments are meant to incite racial tension. democrats argue voter id laws would restrict many minorities from voting. federal cot will likely block that under the texas voting rights act. turns out those voter id laws do not come free. a new study by nyu says getting identification for the polls is actually quite expensive, especially for people without transportation. in 10 states with...
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and our gun-control laws are so strict. but yet, colorado's laws are so weak, and if the states get together and form their own gun-control programs then it will help the federal government make several laws for gun control. >> the states have their job to too, that's right. but the assault weapon's ban is a federal ban and that's where it has to be. the ban was in place for ten years, that had bipartisan support, and -- yet we let it lapse, run out, in 2004 and for the last eight years even though both john mccain and barack obama -- well mccain i'm not sure, but barack obama projected he would restore it and nothing has hand in the last four years. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." ♪ >> this court has proven to be the knowing, delighted accomplice in the billionaires' purchase of our nation. >> and you think it doesn't affect you? think again. >> announcer: radio meets television, the "bill press show" now on current tv. >> 33 minutes after the hour an a friday morning, july 27th. great to see you today. this
and our gun-control laws are so strict. but yet, colorado's laws are so weak, and if the states get together and form their own gun-control programs then it will help the federal government make several laws for gun control. >> the states have their job to too, that's right. but the assault weapon's ban is a federal ban and that's where it has to be. the ban was in place for ten years, that had bipartisan support, and -- yet we let it lapse, run out, in 2004 and for the last eight years...
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and guess what you are punished for violating the law, because we're still a nation of laws yet we don't condemn people or give them the most extreme of punishments, so i think if we remain reasonable, the republicans will find a way to simply reverse their course and -- and appear to be more reasonable about things, but there's still -- there's an element over there on the house side, and i don't know steve king, and others are still going to be taking the floor and saying things that republican leadership will have to disavow, which they never did before so i think that -- i'm hopeful, and there's some good signs coming out of the republican side from speaker boehner and others we'll have to see what lamar smith -- he is chair of the judiciary committee, but will no longer be the chair. and that's the first stop for immigration reform. >> bill: charlie of course it has got to get to congress and the president is the one ultimately who will have to take the lead, congressman. he was criticized by many progressives and leaders of the latino community for not pushing harder for immigratio
and guess what you are punished for violating the law, because we're still a nation of laws yet we don't condemn people or give them the most extreme of punishments, so i think if we remain reasonable, the republicans will find a way to simply reverse their course and -- and appear to be more reasonable about things, but there's still -- there's an element over there on the house side, and i don't know steve king, and others are still going to be taking the floor and saying things that...
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the national law enforcement. it contains the major please leadership organize in this country, representing hundreds of thousands of people. they think there should be background checks meaning if you want to buy a gun, you ought to the get a background check. 40% never get a background check. no limits. chieframents see, a fannedastic was -- chief ramsey saying we need results. >> who needs an assault weapon? who needs a 100 round drum? >> all right. what are the mayors' actually then -- in fact let's just repeat. he said yesterday on face the nation, when everybody else like the president, you know, very good came out about gun control. mayor bloomberg said we should at least talk about it. >> we spend our time talking about tax returns and gas and things like that. this is one of those issues along with a handful of others that matter to the american public. >> the mayor said not just talk but it's time for some action. >> the candidates or president of the united states to stand up and once and for all say ye
the national law enforcement. it contains the major please leadership organize in this country, representing hundreds of thousands of people. they think there should be background checks meaning if you want to buy a gun, you ought to the get a background check. 40% never get a background check. no limits. chieframents see, a fannedastic was -- chief ramsey saying we need results. >> who needs an assault weapon? who needs a 100 round drum? >> all right. what are the mayors' actually...
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. >> romney: my view is i have paid all of the taxes required by law. i don't pay more than legally due, and if i had, i don't think i would be qualified to become president. >> bill: there it is. if i paid more -- if i paid more thank owe, i would not be qualified to be president of the united states. case closed. my god. what do you think of this 866-55-press. and the other thing is just quickly that letter from his accountants saying for the last ten year he never paid less than 13% in taxes. i don't believe a word of it. after all of the lies that mitt romney has told in this campaign, why should we accept a letter from his accountant rather than the tax returns in if you believe that just send a letter to the irs saying i only owe blank, blank, blank. the only way to clear it up is to release his tax returns, and he is going to have to do it sooner or later. 866-55-press. mitt romney's tax dump on friday. did it convince you? no way. 866-55-press. let's talk about it. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." perspective. >>i'm a slutty bob hope
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they want to implement the law. they don't want to re-litigate this battle. regardless of where they were on the healthcare bill to start with, number one you find increasing numbers of people recognizing the important patient protections it has. number two others say come on, guys, let's make it work now that the supreme court has ruled. >> bill: i saw a story yesterday that one out of every 14 votes over the last two years has been to repeal -- of the house of representatives has been to repeal the affordable care act. center for american progress put this out yesterday. it costs $30 million to keep congress open for a single work day. so you figure $30 million times 33. >> look, it is a total waste of taxpayer dollars. it is a total waste of energy. and at a time when we've got very important pressing issues to deal with, especially the economy and to go back to the fact that they haven't even had a vote on the president's jobs bill. >> bill: on the jobs bill, 33 for healthcare and zero -- >> those are the numbers people should remember. 33 and zero. >> bi
they want to implement the law. they don't want to re-litigate this battle. regardless of where they were on the healthcare bill to start with, number one you find increasing numbers of people recognizing the important patient protections it has. number two others say come on, guys, let's make it work now that the supreme court has ruled. >> bill: i saw a story yesterday that one out of every 14 votes over the last two years has been to repeal -- of the house of representatives has been...
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we will ask her about the fiscal cliff and also how they got such tough gun laws passed in california. lynn suite is going to be here at a friend of bill from the chicago sun times and then bill deblazio, the public advocate for the city of new york who wants the city's pension funds to divest themselves of any monies invested in gun manufacturers. whoa. how about that. so lots of good people coming up. all of you as well, but first. >> this is the full court press. >> dan: fifteen seconds until world ends supposedly. other headlines making news a big change in the media world. cnn has hired abc news white house correspondent jake tapper to be its chief washington correspondent and anchor of a new afternoon show. tapper has been abc's white house man for four years and is known as one of the most aggressive reporters in the city. he will start at cnn early in the new year >> bill: congratuations, jake and and it may be the president won't have to worry about getting such disrespectful questions from him any more. >> he won't be in the briefing room any more. >> jonathan karl is going
we will ask her about the fiscal cliff and also how they got such tough gun laws passed in california. lynn suite is going to be here at a friend of bill from the chicago sun times and then bill deblazio, the public advocate for the city of new york who wants the city's pension funds to divest themselves of any monies invested in gun manufacturers. whoa. how about that. so lots of good people coming up. all of you as well, but first. >> this is the full court press. >> dan: fifteen...
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and the pennsylvania supreme court is bumping up its hearing on the state's controversial voter id law. a state judge upheld that law last week, and pennsylvania was hoping the appeal could wait until mid-october. the obvious speculation there, it would be too close to the election to make any real difference, but the supreme court said it wants to hear the case sooner on september 13th. and as voter suppression takes place across much of country, a big win in california. californians need to register a full two weeks before the election, but now they will have all the way up until voting day. more "bill press show" coming up. we're live in chat. unsurpassed insight into the most buzz worthy tweets, posts and pontifications, from the entire social stratosphere including you. join in, tweet us, and you could be a part of our on-air and online coverage. >>now that is politically direct. ♪ >> announcer: broadcasting across the nation, on your radio, and on current tv this is the "bill press show." now filling in for bill here is john fugelsang. >> john: good morning, and welcome to the
and the pennsylvania supreme court is bumping up its hearing on the state's controversial voter id law. a state judge upheld that law last week, and pennsylvania was hoping the appeal could wait until mid-october. the obvious speculation there, it would be too close to the election to make any real difference, but the supreme court said it wants to hear the case sooner on september 13th. and as voter suppression takes place across much of country, a big win in california. californians need to...
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passing or proposing law after law after law that limited women's reproductive access somehow takes away women's rights, and then when the democrats are freaking out about it, and talking about it and sending out emails republicans sit back and smile and say, well, you guys are the ones bringing up abortion. you're just using this to distract people, and i think it is frustrating for so many people because the democratic talking point focus on abortion is directly action from republican's legislative focus on it and what is happening lately with the republicans making ridiculous comments about rape is when they are being forced to explain their position. and when they try to answer the reason why they don't think women should have abortions if raped, it is going to come out and affect people. >> bill: yesterday senator ron johnson on fox news was asked by chris wallace about the abortion issue, and ron johnson again there as a surrogate for mitt romney, said it's no big deal. abortion is not a big issue, to use his phrase it doesn't even move the radar, so they are putting out the word t
passing or proposing law after law after law that limited women's reproductive access somehow takes away women's rights, and then when the democrats are freaking out about it, and talking about it and sending out emails republicans sit back and smile and say, well, you guys are the ones bringing up abortion. you're just using this to distract people, and i think it is frustrating for so many people because the democratic talking point focus on abortion is directly action from republican's...
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in 2000, they broke the law to suppress the vote. this year, they're using the law to suppress it. >> bill: hmm. yeah. this takes us back not to the poll tax but to some things that resemble it. >> that's precisely right. let's keep in mind, back then, they said look, we had to have a poll tax because a man who couldn't afford to pay the poll tax -- his vote could be bought. they said we had to exclude women from voting because each man -- who was married would have two votes. i think probably reversing the reality inside of most homes. so they always have a -- so-called reason for doing this. this time, they're saying look, we've gotta have strict photo i.d. because the reality is that people could impersonate voters. well, the reality is that people don't. you know in pennsylvania, we took them into court and the state was forced to admit on the stand that no -- no one had ever prosecuted anybody of voter fraud. they never even investigated a case. there was no credible complaint in the history of the state. we've seen this in stat
in 2000, they broke the law to suppress the vote. this year, they're using the law to suppress it. >> bill: hmm. yeah. this takes us back not to the poll tax but to some things that resemble it. >> that's precisely right. let's keep in mind, back then, they said look, we had to have a poll tax because a man who couldn't afford to pay the poll tax -- his vote could be bought. they said we had to exclude women from voting because each man -- who was married would have two votes. i...
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another fact as i mentioned earlier, 55% of the federal budget is locked in law. the biggest is social security, the next one down is medicare the next down is medicaid. >> bill: but social security is easy to fix, medicare is not. >> medicare is harder. deciding who gets what which hospital gets what? how much a doctor is going to get paid. doctors opt out, and then you have a harder time getting it nailed. we'll say no you are going to pay more. and the highest two items on the pentagon budget the other night in the debate we hear this big divide from the two candidates in the debate. you know what the two biggest costs in the military budget are? health care and -- you know what your typical premium might be for health care in the military. $5 a month. i don't take anything away, you work for your country, you served -- the question is -- and this is what we have to start with the facts. what can we afford what can we not? you can't have that conversation unless you know what you're talking about. >> bill: right. we have to start with the facts. we have just ru
another fact as i mentioned earlier, 55% of the federal budget is locked in law. the biggest is social security, the next one down is medicare the next down is medicaid. >> bill: but social security is easy to fix, medicare is not. >> medicare is harder. deciding who gets what which hospital gets what? how much a doctor is going to get paid. doctors opt out, and then you have a harder time getting it nailed. we'll say no you are going to pay more. and the highest two items on the...
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. >> bill: what was wrong with al gore thinking the courts might decide a case of law. that statement is to just unbelievable! >> there is a certain level of decorum that you would expect from a supreme court justice. >> bill: not from antonin scalia. >> get over it. that's his defense. get over it! >> bill: get over it. we're in charge. that's what he's saying. what a line-up we've got for you today. major garrett "national journalist" will be here as a "friend of bill" in the next hour. two members of congress, outstanding democrats in congress. eleanor holmes norton representing the district of columbia and peter welsh from vermont will be here in studio with us as well. lots to talk about including fox news. giving a whole hour last night to a murderer. why? but first... >> this is the "full court press." >> on this thursday, other headlines making news, lots of reaction to the new batman film, the dark knight rises on the movie review web site rotten tomatoes. it is not all that great. for the first time ever, the site's editors have suspended comments from visitor
. >> bill: what was wrong with al gore thinking the courts might decide a case of law. that statement is to just unbelievable! >> there is a certain level of decorum that you would expect from a supreme court justice. >> bill: not from antonin scalia. >> get over it. that's his defense. get over it! >> bill: get over it. we're in charge. that's what he's saying. what a line-up we've got for you today. major garrett "national journalist" will be here as a...
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the president has said he will work within existing laws to fight gun crime, while he did not promise new regulations yesterday, he said he did say guns like ak47s belong in war not on the streets. mitt romney said he does not believe in new gun restrictions but he also made the mistake of saying he shooter broke existing laws by stockpiling the weapons, but we know the shooter was able to buy those weapons legally without any background checks. stay with us. >> this court has proven to be the knowing, delighted accomplice in the billionaires' purchase of our nation. >> and you think it doesn't affect you? think again. septic disasters are disgusting and costly, but avoidable. the rid-x septic subscriber program helps prevent backups by sending you monthly doses right to your door so you will never forget to maintain your system. sign up at rid-x.com. ♪ >> announcer: broadcasting across the nation, on your radio, and on current tv. this is the "bill press show." >> the romney campaigns says that mitt romney is in europe to celebrate america's connection with his anglo-saxon heritage
the president has said he will work within existing laws to fight gun crime, while he did not promise new regulations yesterday, he said he did say guns like ak47s belong in war not on the streets. mitt romney said he does not believe in new gun restrictions but he also made the mistake of saying he shooter broke existing laws by stockpiling the weapons, but we know the shooter was able to buy those weapons legally without any background checks. stay with us. >> this court has proven to...
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the laws don't allow it. the laws don't work for workers. management has a concerted effort to stop at any cost that workers would have a seat at the table. and there has been this effort this movement away and you go back and look at the republican party platform. >> bill: i want you to hold that thought. we have to take a break here. ed smith is the head of ulico, which is not a union -- >> but provide services to unions. >> bill: we're talking about unions, and i know we have a lot of union members listening and give us a call at 866-55-press. we'll be back on the "full court press." >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." ♪ >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." live on your radio, and current tv. >> bill: ben labolt is the press secretary for the obama campaign. he is in tampa and will join us by phone in the next hour. right now we're talking about unions, and why they matter more than ever with ed smith. a lot of people think we have got everything we ever fought for. we don't need the unions anymore. >> it's all going aw
the laws don't allow it. the laws don't work for workers. management has a concerted effort to stop at any cost that workers would have a seat at the table. and there has been this effort this movement away and you go back and look at the republican party platform. >> bill: i want you to hold that thought. we have to take a break here. ed smith is the head of ulico, which is not a union -- >> but provide services to unions. >> bill: we're talking about unions, and i know we...
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voting laws may deter 10 million hispanics. it is a civil rights group the advancement project that came out talking about the potential impact of all of the various efforts in particularly states where there is a big latino population. is that related to this voter i.d. or you know, what other forms, attempts of voter suppression. >> it is related to voter i.d. but we're seeing a lot of other techniques. so in florida, they made it very, very hard to do voter registration drives, the paperwork requirements were very ominous and it was a crime if you didn't comply with them. most organizations including the league of women voters decide they didn't want to play. that law was struck down by a federal court but it did a lot of damage while it was in effect. you're seeing attempts to take away people's ability to vote early so we've got -- took early voting starting in iowa in places like ohio and florida. you're seeing laws passed to reduce the number of states where early voting can happen. that does have an impact, like i said,
voting laws may deter 10 million hispanics. it is a civil rights group the advancement project that came out talking about the potential impact of all of the various efforts in particularly states where there is a big latino population. is that related to this voter i.d. or you know, what other forms, attempts of voter suppression. >> it is related to voter i.d. but we're seeing a lot of other techniques. so in florida, they made it very, very hard to do voter registration drives, the...
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up paid all of the taxes required by law. i don't pay any more. frankly if i had paid more than are legally due, i don't think i would be qualified to become president. romny be willing or unable to answer that question the take it from me. he knows damn well what he paid in tax. he knows damn well if he paid 13.9%, less than 13.9% and that's why he won't release his tax returns. tejz he did. there were years when he paid zero, zero in taxes, probably got a refund, not saying he is a tax sheet. he knows the loopholes and he knows the loopholes and takes add vantsage of every one of them. >> on what planet does he think wibelieve on when he says i don't know. come on. >> yeah. the other way mitt romney steps on his you know what again in jerusalem when he had a big fundraiser earlier today at the king david hotel where the wealthy jewish republicans why the united states influence over there, including sheldon adelson, newt gingrich's friend from the venetian hotel in las vegas said he will put up $100 million to try to get romney elected. i was th
up paid all of the taxes required by law. i don't pay any more. frankly if i had paid more than are legally due, i don't think i would be qualified to become president. romny be willing or unable to answer that question the take it from me. he knows damn well what he paid in tax. he knows damn well if he paid 13.9%, less than 13.9% and that's why he won't release his tax returns. tejz he did. there were years when he paid zero, zero in taxes, probably got a refund, not saying he is a tax sheet....
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ben says i am for high-speed limits so yes, it's i gree with this law. look at germany with an unlimited speed limit but the lowest accident rate. why? because they drive smarter than us. >> how about the pizza shop owner picking up the president. sheldon siegel says maybe the owner misunderstood when the president said he wants to pick up some votes in florida. and john carter says as usual obama showed poise and genuine ease with a regular guy. here's a good question. can you imagine romney in a similar situation? guy who picked up romney. romney would have made a face as if the guy was diseased or something. romney would not have known how to handle it. no doubt about it! >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." . [ ♪ theme ♪ ] >> bill: hey hello everybody. good to see you today. this is tuesday, september 11th. and this is the "full court press" on current tv. welcome to the program. good to see you. we'll talk about the meaning of september 11th here, the day we have to remember and reflect upon how great it is to be americans and what a gre
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. >> now, and president obama has said, it's not a law but it has certainly become the tradition that any candidate running for president releases tax returns. obama has released 12 years. joe biden has released 12 years. and you know damn well paul ryan -- paul ryan had to give mitt romney more than one or two years when he was vetted. sue was up in fairport new york. hi, sue. >> thanks so much? >> thank you. >> questions: 13% of what? >> yeah. >> what income? >> we don't know. >> the question. 13% of what? of $10 is what? >> uh-huh. right. >> 13% of what? 13% of what kind of taxes and 13%, what were all of the deductions that he took? right? how did he get down to 13%. >> 13% of what income. >> exactly. no. no. again, we don't know and we don't know how he was able to shave it down to 13%. but i go back to where we started: there are so many questions. it's ridiculous to think this is going to bury it or that we should swallow this. 13%? he is supposed to be paying three times that. okay? now, how is he not -- how is he able to get it down so tiny and then he brags about 13? come on
. >> now, and president obama has said, it's not a law but it has certainly become the tradition that any candidate running for president releases tax returns. obama has released 12 years. joe biden has released 12 years. and you know damn well paul ryan -- paul ryan had to give mitt romney more than one or two years when he was vetted. sue was up in fairport new york. hi, sue. >> thanks so much? >> thank you. >> questions: 13% of what? >> yeah. >> what...
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and there's no law that says the airlines can't do this. i'm not sure i want a law to say the airlines can do this. i just wish there was some sort of consumer police. maybe this new consumer protection finance bureau could get into this. >> not a bad idea. >> bill: maybe elizabeth warren! when she's in the united states senate will be able to do something about this. >> maybe other airlines can take a look at what southwest is doing and like virgin america, i know they don't fly that many places but they don't charge for checked bags. >> bill: somewhere there ought to be a rule that if you don't get something for that dollar, then you don't have to pay that dollar. and you don't get anything for that $150 that you're paying. you know. it's -- well, we're sticking with the airlines. but the other thing that really bugs me is with the atm machines now, when you use an atm that's not your bank. they charge you $3. i've seen more than $3 for those fees. so maybe we'll have to start here on the "full court press." a consumer hot line. >> oh, no
and there's no law that says the airlines can't do this. i'm not sure i want a law to say the airlines can do this. i just wish there was some sort of consumer police. maybe this new consumer protection finance bureau could get into this. >> not a bad idea. >> bill: maybe elizabeth warren! when she's in the united states senate will be able to do something about this. >> maybe other airlines can take a look at what southwest is doing and like virgin america, i know they don't...
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>> in pennsylvania the voter id law would not have been at least an item to help get people to the polls, and in florida a judge issues a -- we have seen from florida, ohio nevada colorado, we have seen situations where the judges have stood on the side of the american people on this. we have a great website that's called gottovote.com, which tells state by state information that voters need to be ail to access the polls, and what requirements are. many states have registration deadlines this week. especially tomorrow is the last day where you can register to vote. >> bill: that's a very, very important. and what is the website? got gotta gottavote.com. >> yes gottatovote.com. >> bill: i like that. and stephanie i want to mention again for all of our viewers and listeners that on our website, billpressshow.com, we have a link rockthevote.com. and you can register to vote right on our website. we have been doing that and urging people to sign up right away. so they can -- they don't even have to leave home right? just click on rock the vote from our website, billpressshow.com and you are
>> in pennsylvania the voter id law would not have been at least an item to help get people to the polls, and in florida a judge issues a -- we have seen from florida, ohio nevada colorado, we have seen situations where the judges have stood on the side of the american people on this. we have a great website that's called gottovote.com, which tells state by state information that voters need to be ail to access the polls, and what requirements are. many states have registration deadlines...
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oh law law. if isaac hits new orleans it will be the exact same day as katrina hit in 1999. and jamie is a floridian and says it's ironic republicans accuse obama of stealing money from medicare when rick scott was the part of the largest medicaid scandal ever. [♪ theme music ♪] >> bill: hello, everybody, good to see you today. welcome to the "full court press" on this monday august 27th. the "full court press" where we bring you the news of the day and take your calls at 866-55-press all from a liberal perspective. this is the first day of the republican national convening, supposedly but fortunately for mitt romney this first day's events have been canceled because of hurricane isaac, because romney had planned to turn the entire day over to the birther in chief, donald trump. why does mitt romney keep promoting this clown? what does he get from hanging so close to donald trump? i don't get it. we have that to talk about and a whole lot more today. but first we start out as always getting the latest from lisa ferguson standing by in los angeles. hi lisa good morning. >
oh law law. if isaac hits new orleans it will be the exact same day as katrina hit in 1999. and jamie is a floridian and says it's ironic republicans accuse obama of stealing money from medicare when rick scott was the part of the largest medicaid scandal ever. [♪ theme music ♪] >> bill: hello, everybody, good to see you today. welcome to the "full court press" on this monday august 27th. the "full court press" where we bring you the news of the day and take your...
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i don't think you can make that law in a free society. i thank you for the call. i remind you mitt romney gave john mccain 22 years of tax records which tells me he's much more enthusiastic about being vice president. it's the bill press show. we'll be right back. dose of politics from a fresh perspective. >>i'm a slutty bob hope. the troops love me. >>only on current tv. >> this is the bill press show. i'm john fugelsang. we are back on the air. i'm putting my breakfast to the side. normally, i try to sneak food in the commercial breaks. i learned from stephanie miller that it's actually very professional to eat on camera. >> i was going to wait for you to take a bite and ask your question. >> if you'd like to watch someone eating during a radio show on t.v., stay tuned. the stephanie miller show follows and you can watch them go crazy. that's really the food network. we're taking your calls at 866-55-press. our last caller, paul from seattle made good points about governor romney's tax returns. my two theories about why he doesn't want his tax returns released o
i don't think you can make that law in a free society. i thank you for the call. i remind you mitt romney gave john mccain 22 years of tax records which tells me he's much more enthusiastic about being vice president. it's the bill press show. we'll be right back. dose of politics from a fresh perspective. >>i'm a slutty bob hope. the troops love me. >>only on current tv. >> this is the bill press show. i'm john fugelsang. we are back on the air. i'm putting my breakfast to...
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taft-heartley that passed over president truman's veto allowed right to work laws. and prior to that, you didn't have right to work laws. the railway labor act does not have workers. they are all in the union. >> what it means the president says, it's the right to free load and the right to work for less. >> every statistic shows when you take the power away from workers and the only voice workers have are through their unions. when you take their voice away through their unions, you know, any parity at all if there was any way to get parity at the bargaining table e vap rates. the fact that one worker can go in and sit down with the koch brothers, you know, just such a joke. it's really a travesty. the other thing confusing people, don't understand, to actually get a union shop contract is voted by the workers. management actually has to agree to a union shop. then the workers have to ratify. there are so many steps. them on top of that if the worker still doesn't want to be in the union, he has his beck rights, the supreme court decision he sdenlt have to. he has
taft-heartley that passed over president truman's veto allowed right to work laws. and prior to that, you didn't have right to work laws. the railway labor act does not have workers. they are all in the union. >> what it means the president says, it's the right to free load and the right to work for less. >> every statistic shows when you take the power away from workers and the only voice workers have are through their unions. when you take their voice away through their unions,...
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they just changed the law. unless i am getting facts wrong and i could be because i haven't been there for about a month but they got this enormouts, the state income tax in kansas no longer exists for small businesses the cokes don't have to pay the state income tax. if they take a few steps, you know, and sort of billed some legal entities to run their income through, which is very easy to do? >> president obama pointed out that under the definition of the sba, small business administration definition 97.3% of small businesses would get the tax cut under his tax plan because they make less than $250,000. the only ones who would have to pay more on their income over 250,000 are those that like the koch brothers. >> shuj companies. >> these big law firms or something or whatever and they file as small businesses. it's a joke. thousands of employees and millions, billions of dollars in profits? >> this is a fascinating question. >> again it's the two % in both cases? >> and then this huge, you know grassroots ar
they just changed the law. unless i am getting facts wrong and i could be because i haven't been there for about a month but they got this enormouts, the state income tax in kansas no longer exists for small businesses the cokes don't have to pay the state income tax. if they take a few steps, you know, and sort of billed some legal entities to run their income through, which is very easy to do? >> president obama pointed out that under the definition of the sba, small business...
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there is no law on the books to protect someone from a normal human reaction to an insult or hate speech. i won't set foot in chick-fil-a again. i have a step-brother who is gay, a great guy. that has nothing to do with it. i think we didn't ask this guy enough questions. i would like to here what his opinion is on interracial marriage and. >> that is an excellent point. >> that's an excellent point because, you know, he seem to date everything on the bible. i am not a christian. i am not offended by christians. i am just not a christian. if he wants to run a business that says, we are going to be closed on sundays because we want our employees to spend time with their family, they don't say, you have to go to church to work here. they do push the religion thing. that doesn't offendmoo. what does is saying we are taking your money and going to give something to you that you continue disagree with more like fighting gay marriage. it doesn't make me an activist like mike huckabee says. it makes me a stand-up person. look, i can use all of the points i can get. let's go to darren in norton
there is no law on the books to protect someone from a normal human reaction to an insult or hate speech. i won't set foot in chick-fil-a again. i have a step-brother who is gay, a great guy. that has nothing to do with it. i think we didn't ask this guy enough questions. i would like to here what his opinion is on interracial marriage and. >> that is an excellent point. >> that's an excellent point because, you know, he seem to date everything on the bible. i am not a christian. i...
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we need to ban those laws. >> bill: we need what? >> caller: we need zero gun control in this country. >> bill: why? >> caller: because basically the constitution says, in my constitution anyhow, that the right to own a gun shall not be infringed upon. >> bill: that's not what the constitution says. take it out and reread it, loren. i don't want to listen to you. i don't want to hear this crap anymore that the constitution -- that the united states constitution allows the murder of 20 little kids in a first grade classroom in newtown connecticut. i'm sorry, i'm sorry. i don't want to hear it. i'm not going to debate it. you're dead ass wrong. david is calling from columbus, georgia. >> caller: hi, bill. first of all with all due respect, the constitution doesn't say you can kill 20 kids. it doesn't say that. it doesn't say that you can commit murder. it doesn't say that you can commit mayhem. >> bill: it also doesn't say you can have an assault weapon or a canon -- >> caller: you have the right to keep and bear arms. the supreme cour
we need to ban those laws. >> bill: we need what? >> caller: we need zero gun control in this country. >> bill: why? >> caller: because basically the constitution says, in my constitution anyhow, that the right to own a gun shall not be infringed upon. >> bill: that's not what the constitution says. take it out and reread it, loren. i don't want to listen to you. i don't want to hear this crap anymore that the constitution -- that the united states constitution...
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the fact that paul ryan and mitt romney are going to go and try to change the law. bypass the supreme court, and say no no no we're going to outlaw the right to choose. and that's an outrage. and i thought vice president biden really explained that no catholic hospitals and institutions do not have to give out birth control. >> bill: paul ryan said that no abortion except for the three exceptions, right? and yet as a member of congress he has been no way no how, no exceptions. >> right. >> bill: and he like todd akin think there is such a thing as legitimate rape. so how can you trust paul ryan now on these -- on these issues. >> right you can't trust paul ryan because he has spent the last couple of years fighting against aborg in all cases. and even mitt romney -- he is all of the above. he will say whatever it takes to get elected. and if he gets in don't believe him. i don't trust him that he would even have these exceptions. >> bill: did the debate change anything? >> i think it did. look this is an election about turnout. and after last night, i think democrat
the fact that paul ryan and mitt romney are going to go and try to change the law. bypass the supreme court, and say no no no we're going to outlaw the right to choose. and that's an outrage. and i thought vice president biden really explained that no catholic hospitals and institutions do not have to give out birth control. >> bill: paul ryan said that no abortion except for the three exceptions, right? and yet as a member of congress he has been no way no how, no exceptions. >>...
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he said he never praised the arizona anti immigration law. wrong. he excused president obama of waiting 14 days before calling the attack in libya an act of terror. wrong. and like joe biden before, president obama called mitt romney out on every lie. yep, we progressives needed a lift last night and president obama delivered it. have a great day folks see you right back here again tomorrow. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." [ ♪ theme ♪ ] >> stephanie: good morning welcome to talking liberally or as we've renameds it -- >> binders full of women. >> stephanie: there's one now. >> i want to be a sparkly trapper keeper! [ laughter ] >> stephanie: let's take a moment to say woot, woot, woot! go barack. did i say? everybody calm down for god's sakes. >> he took his biden
he said he never praised the arizona anti immigration law. wrong. he excused president obama of waiting 14 days before calling the attack in libya an act of terror. wrong. and like joe biden before, president obama called mitt romney out on every lie. yep, we progressives needed a lift last night and president obama delivered it. have a great day folks see you right back here again tomorrow. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." [ ♪ theme ♪ ] >> stephanie: good...
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benghazi, he was emerging as a leader, just days after that morsi issues a decree saying that all of the laws are now no longer subject to judicial review, so he is removing that check on the presidential authority. the result is that the courts protest strongly threatened to go on strike and the secular opposition both the pronubarac opposition and those in support of morsi in the election are now reoccupying the square -- >> bill: so he has pissed off both sides? >> yes. but he saw this as a presumptive move. because the packed court was threatening to issue an order to dissolve the authority. and he said until that constitution is written, you have no jurisdiction over this. he seems to have gone too far and some of his own supporters have said he has to walk this back. so a compromise may be in the works, that limits the decree to just the judicial not every issue. >> bill: we're skipping here very fast but any questions you have here on any of these issues, joe is your man. >> we cover the world in 30 minutes. >> bill: 30 make it 15 or 10. joe, you mentioned this compromise in gaza. ther
benghazi, he was emerging as a leader, just days after that morsi issues a decree saying that all of the laws are now no longer subject to judicial review, so he is removing that check on the presidential authority. the result is that the courts protest strongly threatened to go on strike and the secular opposition both the pronubarac opposition and those in support of morsi in the election are now reoccupying the square -- >> bill: so he has pissed off both sides? >> yes. but he...
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. >> caller: my husband is a cuban american and i have been fighting with my cuban in-laws about why they should vote for obama for months, that's been going on. my volunteering this year was from my bedside but i do a lot of work for the at-risk youth and you know at-risk people in the community where i live and most of them latin and same thing, and telling them why, you know, they shouldn't even still be on the fence, we have an opportunity to vote early vote early, go, skip the lines and there were no lines last night. there were no lines. there was a little built of drama. they ran out of ballots at one location, and it's always drama in palm beach county. >> bill: i know. >> caller: i don't know what that's all about. >> bill: i don't know why that is. i got to tell you i think in the end florida's going to go the right way and a lot of it is thanks to people like you who not only support the president but got out and worked, worked, worked to help make it happen. congratulations to you thanks for the call, and you look pretty smoking hot yourself. >> yeah, how about that! >> a
. >> caller: my husband is a cuban american and i have been fighting with my cuban in-laws about why they should vote for obama for months, that's been going on. my volunteering this year was from my bedside but i do a lot of work for the at-risk youth and you know at-risk people in the community where i live and most of them latin and same thing, and telling them why, you know, they shouldn't even still be on the fence, we have an opportunity to vote early vote early, go, skip the lines...
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so we will not be able to repeal this law. but we will have to pass a new law to override it. >> bill: okay. now we talked to one of the leaders in wisconsin yesterday karla. we're talking again with karla swift, the president of the afl-cio in michigan. and your web site, i believe is miaflcio.org. is that correct? >> yes, that's right. >> bill: miaflcio.org. this leader from wisconsin john nichols said one of the first things they did in wisconsin is they hired a good group of lawyers to challenge their legislation in the courts. is this another option? do you see some possible legal action to challenge the law? >> yeah, we have a legal team that has been looking at that and we'll be making decisions soon about how to move on that front as well. so we'll be moving on the legal front. we'll be moving on the electoral front. we'll be moving on the organizing front and the political front and that's our job for the next two years. >> bill: absolutely. i'll tell you one thing karla we all know this. it would not have happened if
so we will not be able to repeal this law. but we will have to pass a new law to override it. >> bill: okay. now we talked to one of the leaders in wisconsin yesterday karla. we're talking again with karla swift, the president of the afl-cio in michigan. and your web site, i believe is miaflcio.org. is that correct? >> yes, that's right. >> bill: miaflcio.org. this leader from wisconsin john nichols said one of the first things they did in wisconsin is they hired a good group...
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." >> john: and nixon passed that law, if you are going to be in porns in the 70s, you had to have a big, big bushy mustache. they have to make a porn parity about this guy. they'll call it approach the bench or something. [ laughter ] >> john: yes, and fox will cover a lot -- do a lot of stories on it. >> and somebody could win a nice chunk of change this weekend. wednesday's drawing worth an estimated $250 million. >> john: that's fantastic and the lottery, you know, is for education. it teaches poor people how to stay poor. >> don't you forget it. >> john: and wait until republicans privatize social security and we can get all of our payments in scratch-off games. i know you guys take a lot of flak from the right-wing haters. i get a lot of tweets on the twitter machine who are very unhappy about the amount of paper that is wasted on this show. you should be watching this show on current all of the time even if your car. when there is a caller dan writes the name on a piece of paper. it's not about wasting paper, when dan does this he and i don't have to look each other in the fac
." >> john: and nixon passed that law, if you are going to be in porns in the 70s, you had to have a big, big bushy mustache. they have to make a porn parity about this guy. they'll call it approach the bench or something. [ laughter ] >> john: yes, and fox will cover a lot -- do a lot of stories on it. >> and somebody could win a nice chunk of change this weekend. wednesday's drawing worth an estimated $250 million. >> john: that's fantastic and the lottery, you...
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they wrote the laws. the state legislatures and the alec members almost exclusively republicans but not quite than -- went and brought those to their legislatures, passed them and put them into law. you've had people like the majority leader of the pennsylvania house of representatives who have, you know, all but explicitly said that this is, in fact, designed so mitt romney can win the election. he pretty much said those words. pennsylvania will go republican because we have the voter i.d. rules. >> bill: pennsylvania of course one of the key battleground states in this election. no doubt about it. i'm amazed there hasn't been more attention the media hasn't paid more attention to this campaign of voter suppression around the country. i know many of you called about it and talked about it before. here it is now in pennsylvania. also florida governor of florida has already had this kind of voter purge. he's back with another -- we'll ask about that when we come back. we'll take a quick break. this attempt
they wrote the laws. the state legislatures and the alec members almost exclusively republicans but not quite than -- went and brought those to their legislatures, passed them and put them into law. you've had people like the majority leader of the pennsylvania house of representatives who have, you know, all but explicitly said that this is, in fact, designed so mitt romney can win the election. he pretty much said those words. pennsylvania will go republican because we have the voter i.d....
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republicans that i would talk to who said i'm going to vote for obama again, but i gave a speech to a law firm in new york on obama's record on gay rights and lbgt issues, and certainly a number of the folks in that room were republican. and i talked to one lawyer afterwards in particular. youngish guy so we're talking 25 to 30 demographic. and he said i'm a republican but the supreme court is one of the biggest things that is going to happen in the upcoming administration, and i can't turn that over to romney. >> bill: on some of the state issues there are four -- four marriage amendments -- >> yeah marriage measures -- >> bill: on the ballot in different states. three would say we want to go on record saying we want to go on record affirming same-sex marriage. >> yes, and that's in washington, maryland and maine. >> bill: how do they look? >> maryland looks good. >> all of the numbers look pretty good. in maryland the latest poll shows 53% for the amendment. in maine we have 55% for 39 against. that's good. and in washington we have got 54 for same-sex marriage, and 38 against. so all o
republicans that i would talk to who said i'm going to vote for obama again, but i gave a speech to a law firm in new york on obama's record on gay rights and lbgt issues, and certainly a number of the folks in that room were republican. and i talked to one lawyer afterwards in particular. youngish guy so we're talking 25 to 30 demographic. and he said i'm a republican but the supreme court is one of the biggest things that is going to happen in the upcoming administration, and i can't turn...
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, not just the sec tax disclosures. >> he has followed the federal law. >> that's inspiring. if you are a democrat out there, you ought to be thanking your lucky stars because mitt romney is running one of the worst presidential campaigns i have seen in a long time. i mean who knew that you could run for president, not have to take a position on anything, even even, say, the olympic uniforms. we will talk about that later. by the way, you can run for president of the united states. man, i think the american people are smart earn this. >> that's why mitt romney is in deep trouble. joe from shaumburg, illinois. you are on the bill press show. >> i am thinking my lucky stars as far as a obama supporter. one point, i am sure he has smart people around him, mitt romney does. and they must have saw something that, you know, maybe he wanted to release them and they must have saw something they didn't like and probably said mitt you have to hold off. they are not stupid people walking for the romney campaign i am sure, david. this thing about bain capital, he is a cry baby. it's okay
, not just the sec tax disclosures. >> he has followed the federal law. >> that's inspiring. if you are a democrat out there, you ought to be thanking your lucky stars because mitt romney is running one of the worst presidential campaigns i have seen in a long time. i mean who knew that you could run for president, not have to take a position on anything, even even, say, the olympic uniforms. we will talk about that later. by the way, you can run for president of the united states....
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that's against federal law. does the. >> obama: administration -- does the obama administration respect those two state measures? >> bill, i appreciate the question. the department of justice has said that they are reviewing these ballot initiatives to which you refer and i would direct you to them for updates. >> bill: in other words i'm not going to answer that question. so of course i followed through saying don't try to pawn it off on the department of justice. obama's the one that makes the decision. >> bill: the direction will come from the white house whether this is worth the justice department's time and resources. >> the lead law enforcement agency. as the justice department has made clear its enforcement of the control substance act remains unchanged. in enacting the controlled substances act marijuana is a schedule i controlled substance. the president -- in at least a couple of interviews over the course of this year was asked about this. you can find his views in those interviews. >> bill: if you r
that's against federal law. does the. >> obama: administration -- does the obama administration respect those two state measures? >> bill, i appreciate the question. the department of justice has said that they are reviewing these ballot initiatives to which you refer and i would direct you to them for updates. >> bill: in other words i'm not going to answer that question. so of course i followed through saying don't try to pawn it off on the department of justice. obama's the...
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constitution apply equally or not. >> uh-huh, yes and how does that apply as far as benefits, state law and that kind of stuff. >> bill: if the federal government the administration is not defending it, then the people left to defend it will be the evangelicals and maybe the republicans in the house. >> that's right and but you're right, where the court goes after the big health care decision, i mean, who will be the swing vote there remains sun seen. >> bill: let's talk a little bit about bib i can't. it was clearly the high point i think of the second presidential debate. >> uh-huh. >> bill: particularly over what president obama did or did not say in the rose garden. i was there in the rose gordon on september 12 when the president came out with secretary of state hillary clinton. it was an event that was not originally scheduled. it was an event that was added to the schedule. i got the notice here during the show. i went down to the white house for the president's remarks about what had happened in libya the night before. is there any doubt that the president, when he said no act o
constitution apply equally or not. >> uh-huh, yes and how does that apply as far as benefits, state law and that kind of stuff. >> bill: if the federal government the administration is not defending it, then the people left to defend it will be the evangelicals and maybe the republicans in the house. >> that's right and but you're right, where the court goes after the big health care decision, i mean, who will be the swing vote there remains sun seen. >> bill: let's talk...
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as you know, mitt romney's father-in-law, ann romney's father was a devout atheist. after his death, mitt romney himself performed the posthumous baptism making him a mormon. we've heard a lot about this in the past year. one mormon church baptized anne frank despite the church's promise to not proxy baptize holocaust victims. are you a bit surprised things like that haven't gotten more scrutiny in the press given the attention that was paid to jeremiah wright a few years ago? >> i think back in february, i think it was, there was kind of a lot of scrutiny on proxy baptisms because it came out that like you said, holocaust victims had been getting baptized. and i think that there was even a case where -- i can't remember -- somebody was baptized -- one prominent figure was baptized who wasn't even dead it turned out. proxy baptism for someone who hadn't died yet. >> john: wow. i'm trying to figure out if that's more or less offensive than baptizing a person without their consent. >> the mormon church has laid out clear ground rules. back in the '90s, they met with pr
as you know, mitt romney's father-in-law, ann romney's father was a devout atheist. after his death, mitt romney himself performed the posthumous baptism making him a mormon. we've heard a lot about this in the past year. one mormon church baptized anne frank despite the church's promise to not proxy baptize holocaust victims. are you a bit surprised things like that haven't gotten more scrutiny in the press given the attention that was paid to jeremiah wright a few years ago? >> i think...
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how can you enforce existing laws when you allow existing laws to expire. existing laws are obviously not good enough. when here is a guy, let's take this latest shooting, he's a one supremacist, he's a member of hate group. he's been followed and known as a member of a hate group for decades and yet he's able to go in and buy semi-automatic pistol, all of the ammunition he needs and go in there. a nut like that. we know what he's going to use the gun for. a white is supremacist is going to build up an arsenal and eventually use that to kill people who are not white. and kill a lot of people who are not white. we just -- we just turn our head because we're politicians -- so afraid of the nra. it is disgusting, outrageous. it is cowardly. the only politician making any sense on this at all is michael bloomberg from new york. good for him. and a lot of other mayors around the country. you know why the mayors are on this? because they're right on the front lines. they see the impact of the crime and the guns in their community. and because their law enforcemen
how can you enforce existing laws when you allow existing laws to expire. existing laws are obviously not good enough. when here is a guy, let's take this latest shooting, he's a one supremacist, he's a member of hate group. he's been followed and known as a member of a hate group for decades and yet he's able to go in and buy semi-automatic pistol, all of the ammunition he needs and go in there. a nut like that. we know what he's going to use the gun for. a white is supremacist is going to...
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so you are all law enforcement -- current or former law enforcement officers, correct? >> yes. the unique thing about our organization. we're a nonprofit international organization but the unique thing about our organization which is ten years old this year we spend the whole gambit of the law enforcement arena from first contact with police who make the arrest of individuals on the street. then to the prosecutors criminal prosecutors. we have judges, former judges who are members. then into corrections so we have correctional officers and prison wardens who are members. and then parole and probation. we even have federal agents. the entire law enforcement industry. >> bill: can a federal agent be a member of leap? in a sense he's condoning breaking the law by doing so. >> no. we're not condoning -- this is one thing people need to understand. we have active law enforcement members in our ranks. now they do what they have sworn to do. they uphold the law. they make the arrests. they follow the policies. but they don't go over and above like many police officers do. but they do
so you are all law enforcement -- current or former law enforcement officers, correct? >> yes. the unique thing about our organization. we're a nonprofit international organization but the unique thing about our organization which is ten years old this year we spend the whole gambit of the law enforcement arena from first contact with police who make the arrest of individuals on the street. then to the prosecutors criminal prosecutors. we have judges, former judges who are members. then...
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they have passed several laws that july in obama sued ohio to stop those laws from taking effect. now romney is claiming the president wants to stop military members from voting. here is why: under ohio's new laws only civilians would the have voting rights restricted. military members would have rights to early vote. they want to maintain those voting rights. whether or not ohio repeels those laws military members will see no change in their voting rights. in the romney victory effort is announcing new fundraising totals. romney for president, romney victory and the republican national committee raised $101.3 million in july. we are still waiting to hear obama's numbers. here is a little excitement to start out your week: nasa safely landed curios it on mars, a car-powered robot powered by plutonium. here are the first few images. curiosity will look for new signs of early life on mars. coming up on full-court press, jonathan allen of politico with the latest on the tea party, and as always, we are live in chat current.com/bill press. >> this court has proven to be the knowing, d
they have passed several laws that july in obama sued ohio to stop those laws from taking effect. now romney is claiming the president wants to stop military members from voting. here is why: under ohio's new laws only civilians would the have voting rights restricted. military members would have rights to early vote. they want to maintain those voting rights. whether or not ohio repeels those laws military members will see no change in their voting rights. in the romney victory effort is...
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identity theft operations that cost banks and retail stores millions and test the technical savvy of law enforcement. there again, identity theft in the news. you hear those stories and it reminds you, you should be doing something about it. i have. got the protection of life-lock ultimate. you need it and you ought to look into it. the most comprehensive id theft production ever made. life lock can't protect you or your bank account if you are not a mer. call now, mention press 60 for 60 risk-free days of the life lock ultimate protection. try it out. if you don't like it, call within another 60 days and cancel. they will give you a full refund. see lifelock.com for details and give them a call at 1800-356-5967. 1-800-356-5967. the thing that i find most delicious, and i didn't know this about paul ryan until yesterday. he says, now, here is -- he said yesterday, in one of his interviews, here is what i will bring to the ticket. here is what i offer: >> i believe that my record of getting things done in congress. >> uh-huh. >> will be very helpful compliment to governor romney's executi
identity theft operations that cost banks and retail stores millions and test the technical savvy of law enforcement. there again, identity theft in the news. you hear those stories and it reminds you, you should be doing something about it. i have. got the protection of life-lock ultimate. you need it and you ought to look into it. the most comprehensive id theft production ever made. life lock can't protect you or your bank account if you are not a mer. call now, mention press 60 for 60...
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law squashed by a judge. one good attempt to get rid of this attempt to suppress the vote in state after state on the part of republicans. but the big news remains down in tampa. last night unbelievably turning the stage over to geriatric clint eastwood then mitt romney got up to accept the nomination. he proved once and for all that mitt romney has nothing to say. mitt romney has nothing to offer. he just hates barack obama. oh man! we'll cover it. every which way here on the "full court press" this morning. but first, we start off as always getting the latest, today's current news update with lisa ferguson standing by in los angeles. hey, lisa, good morning. >> hi, bill. good morning everyone. well yep plenty to talk about after last night's convention wrap-up. so let's start out with one of the most popular trending topics this morning. the internet community is still reveling in clint eastwood's bizarre ramblings to an empty chair. in case you missed it, here's a look. >> so, mr. president, how do you han
law squashed by a judge. one good attempt to get rid of this attempt to suppress the vote in state after state on the part of republicans. but the big news remains down in tampa. last night unbelievably turning the stage over to geriatric clint eastwood then mitt romney got up to accept the nomination. he proved once and for all that mitt romney has nothing to say. mitt romney has nothing to offer. he just hates barack obama. oh man! we'll cover it. every which way here on the "full court...
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they have hired the same law firm for all of these negotiations and the law firm has a strategy. that says we are not going to negotiate in good faith. we're going to violate u.s. labor law and push toward the lockout from the very beginning. it is the worst access of corporate america at large on american sports. >> bill: then comes to the surface like it did last night with that call, right and as you point out unbelievable scene of two refs, side by side giving the exact opposite call. i mean doesn't it reach a point where the public is just going to demand that the owners, you know, do the right thing here? >> i hope that's right bill. my fear though is that even if you had a million two million ten million nfl fans turn away from the product it wouldn't make even a microdent into what's going on here because so much of the profits for nfl owners is paid up-front whether it's through stadium subsidies or billion dollar television deals with multiple major networks. so it doesn't make a dent that we would hope. what would make a dent, we do organize ten million fans and not ma
they have hired the same law firm for all of these negotiations and the law firm has a strategy. that says we are not going to negotiate in good faith. we're going to violate u.s. labor law and push toward the lockout from the very beginning. it is the worst access of corporate america at large on american sports. >> bill: then comes to the surface like it did last night with that call, right and as you point out unbelievable scene of two refs, side by side giving the exact opposite call....
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i don't think that should hold up the law. at least they've got a personal involvement. what reason can you have to deny two people in love these benefits and it is not economic because it has a negligent effect on the economy. >> bill: congressman barney frank our guest in studio on this tuesday edition of the "full court press." congressman, yesterday president obama in the east room of the white house announcing his plan asking congress -- i thought made a very strong argument since we all agree that we should not raise tax cuts on the middle class, let's do something we all agree on and give people making under $250,000 a year a tax break this year. do you think it has a prayer in this republican-led congress? >> no. because the idea logic of a republican party -- i started in politics 40 years ago. i ran for state legislator and the year i ran for the first time as a democrat for the massachusetts legislature, i was a public supporter of a public incentive for re-election. i didn't agree with him on all of the issues. he was a reasonable moderate -- >> bill: you pub
i don't think that should hold up the law. at least they've got a personal involvement. what reason can you have to deny two people in love these benefits and it is not economic because it has a negligent effect on the economy. >> bill: congressman barney frank our guest in studio on this tuesday edition of the "full court press." congressman, yesterday president obama in the east room of the white house announcing his plan asking congress -- i thought made a very strong...
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that is the law of the land pretty much now. they're trying to define themselves away because when caught, they don't want to look like -- they have to have an excuse for this no exception rule. wait until they deal with the word incest. how about a 10-year-old raped by a father. >> bill: depends on whether it is forcible or not. >> right. >> bill: i want to say hello quickly to mike from kansas city. hi mike. >> caller: hi, eleanor and crew. yes, i'm from kansas city. i want to say i called all of my representatives the other day and said tar and feather that -- take him out of our state and our country. i was so offended. but what i want to draw is a religious parallel. these guys are supposed to be religious and all of this stuff. well yeah, maybe in the old testament. i look at it as a love, hate, good, evil because the old testament i thought was hate and all of that. what are they trying to do? take this to the taliban level of thinking? where it is hey stone the woman because she was raped. >> bill: mike, just on that poi
that is the law of the land pretty much now. they're trying to define themselves away because when caught, they don't want to look like -- they have to have an excuse for this no exception rule. wait until they deal with the word incest. how about a 10-year-old raped by a father. >> bill: depends on whether it is forcible or not. >> right. >> bill: i want to say hello quickly to mike from kansas city. hi mike. >> caller: hi, eleanor and crew. yes, i'm from kansas city. i...
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the military and law enforcement, okay. there has got to be a way to stop their sale and stop their manufacture here in the united states. there has to be a way. we just have to find it and do it. all right? >> billions of them out there right now >> bill: i don't think there are billions. there are 250 million guns in circulation in this country. that, by the way, is a real problem because no matter what law we pass unless we have some massive turn-in of guns and these laws are not going to be retroactive. they are still going to be millions and millions and millions of guns in circulation. larry calling from orlando, florida. hi, larry. >> bill, that's exactly the problem you just mentioned, what andy just commented on and that is there is -- there are all of these guns that are already in circulation. >> bill: yeah. >> in this country, we must do what australia did, and that's why what andy's point is right on point about we already have some legislation. there are so many technical issues. the feinstein bill, even thoug
the military and law enforcement, okay. there has got to be a way to stop their sale and stop their manufacture here in the united states. there has to be a way. we just have to find it and do it. all right? >> billions of them out there right now >> bill: i don't think there are billions. there are 250 million guns in circulation in this country. that, by the way, is a real problem because no matter what law we pass unless we have some massive turn-in of guns and these laws are not...